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Tsogtsalu or Tsolu is a pasture and campsite in the
Ladakh
Ladakh () is a region administered by India as a union territory and constitutes an eastern portion of the larger Kashmir region that has been the subject of a Kashmir#Kashmir dispute, dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947 and India an ...
union territory of India, in the
Chang Chenmo Valley
Chang Chenmo River or Changchenmo River is a tributary of the Shyok River, part of the Indus River system. It is at the southern edge of the disputed Aksai Chin region and north of the Pangong Lake basin in Ladakh.
The source of Chang Chenmo is ...
close India's border with
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...
. It is located at the confluence of the Rimdi Chu river that flows down from
Marsemik La and the Chang Chenmo River. During the
British Raj
The British Raj ( ; from Hindustani language, Hindustani , 'reign', 'rule' or 'government') was the colonial rule of the British The Crown, Crown on the Indian subcontinent,
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* lasting from 1858 to 1947.
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* It is also called Crown rule ...
, this was a halting spot for travellers to Central Asia via the 'Chang Chenmo route', passing through
Aksai Chin
Aksai Chin is a region administered by China partly in Hotan County, Hotan Prefecture, Xinjiang, and partly in Rutog County, Ngari Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, Tibet, and constituting the easternmost portion of the larger Kashmir regio ...
. After Indian independence, a border outpost was established here by a border police party headed by Captain
Karam Singh
Subedar and Honorary Captain Karam Singh PVC, MM (15 September 1915 – 20 January 1993) was an Indian soldier and a recipient of the Param Vir Chakra (PVC), India's highest award for gallantry. Singh joined the army in 1941, and took ...
. It continues to serve as a base for India's border forces.

Within India, it is reachable by two motorable roads, the "
Phobrang-Marsimik La-Tsogtsalu-Hot Springs Road" (PMTHR) or "Marsimik La Road" via
Phobrang-
Marsimik La
Marsimik La or Marsemik La, also called Lankar La, elevation is a high mountain pass in the Chang Chenmo Range in the Indian union territory of Ladakh, east of Leh as the crow flies. Ladakh's route to the Chang Chenmo Valley traverses the p ...
-Tsogstsalu to
Hot Springs
A hot spring, hydrothermal spring, or geothermal spring is a Spring (hydrology), spring produced by the emergence of Geothermal activity, geothermally heated groundwater onto the surface of the Earth. The groundwater is heated either by shallow ...
,
[India boosts road links to LAC standoff points]
Indian
Express, 2nd July 2023. [Forbidden zones in Ladakh to soon welcome tourists]
Times of India, 26 May 2023. and via the other alternate route the 55 km long "
Changchenmo-Tsogtsalu Road" (CTR) from confluence of
Changchenmo &
Shyok River
The Shyok River (sometimes spelled Shayok) is a major tributary of the Indus River that flows through northern Ladakh in India and into Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan. Originating from the Central Rimo Glacier in the eastern Karakoram, it runs f ...
to Tsogtsalu.
See also
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Kongka Pass
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Geography of Ladakh
Ladakh is an administrative territory of India that has been under its control since 1947. The geographical region of Ladakh union territory is the highest altitude plateau region in India (much of it being over 3,000 m), incorporatin ...
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Tourism in Ladakh
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India-China Border Roads
Chinese Indian or Indian Chinese may refer to:
* China–India relations
China and India maintained peaceful relations for thousands of years, but their relationship has varied since the Chinese Communist Party's victory in the Chinese Civil ...
Notes
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* {{citation , last1=Sandhu , first1=P. J. S. , last2=Shankar , first2=Vinay , last3=Dwivedi , first3=G. G. , title=1962: A View from the Other Side of the Hill , url=https://books.google.com/books?id=boBNCgAAQBAJ , year=2015 , publisher=Vij Books India Pvt Ltd , isbn=978-93-84464-37-0 , ref={{sfnref, Sandhu, Shankar & Dwivedi, 1962 from the Other Side of the Hill, 2015
External links
Remembering supreme sacrifice of martyrs of CRPF on this day at Hot springs, Ladakh in 1959- ITBP Twitter
Chang Chenmo Valley